Apprenticeships in IT

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I'm thinking of getting into an IT career, just thinking of avenues to go down.

There is a course i've found which will take about 3 months then help with a job in IT should I go down that route, or go down an apprenticeship route for a year etc. Just don't know what is the better option really.

I'm 22 if that helps!
 
Gilly said:
Find a big company that's taking on helpdesk staff. Research the company, work hard, get promoted out of it.

Quickest way into the general area.
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I'm assuming helpdesk staff is the first step within IT then.

I don't have any IT experience but i'm good with technology, well I get told I am! Just need to think of a career path within IT or will that come to me from working on helpdesk?
 
blairw said:
I served my apprenticeship with one of, if not the biggest telecoms and it companies in Britain.
3 years work experience, Nvq and foundation degree earning very good money for my age. I've now moved within the company a few times and work as a service relationship manager.
Also been 'topping' up my degree so with graduate with Hons next year. Fully intend on starting my MBA in the next 5 years with support from the company.

Couldn't recommend a good modern apprenticeship more.
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May I ask how you went about to get that apprenticeship within such a company?
 
Ah ok brilliant thanks Gilly. Are they online only or can you go in and see them? I've tend to found that going into recruiters so they can see you personally is better then just another CV kind of thing.
 
Cheers MuttsNutts, appreciate the information.

Yeah trying hard to get that IT support/helpdesk role I think I could do well within this.

Gilly, i've signed that Adecco registration and it asks for preferred branch location, so do they invite you down once they have gone through your registration or is that just for another purpose?
 
When you say look at big companies, shall I just send my CV into "all" of them and enquire about apprenticeship schemes they may have or?
 
mrbell1984 said:
I think the easiest way to get into IT is do a placement with a company that you may want to work with in the future.

A foot in the door helps when you are already working for someone.
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How do you go about getting a placement, is it like I mentioned above just a case of emailing them and enquiring?
 
hilly said:
Still banging the Fujitsu drum Gilly?! :p

All jokes aside, it's not a bad company to work for; Capgemini is also worth a look.

The missus just got taken on at HP, even though she has no IT work (project management role - junior obviously!) previously, or even skills. This was through an agency.

So deffo go down that route. Elan, manpower etc;
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Yeah i'm with Manpower, what's "Elan" by the way?
 
dowie said:
hang on - are you talking about an actual apprenticeship or is this some marketing term being used by a dubious training company?

Might be best if you clarify exactly what you're referring to, what does the course entail, what qualifications will you get out of it.

What area do you want to get into in IT - for low level techie roles you don't necessarily need a degree - starting in 1st line support and acquiring vendor certificates seems to be the way to go here...

In other areas degrees are fairly standard... then again its not like their are regulations here - private companies can hire whoever they want in pretty much any IT role so there will always be exceptions.
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The course I looked at is called "JustIT". I went to them the other week to see what they were about. It's quite a lot of money to do it though.
 
Incinerat0r said:
As far as I know if you're over 18 it means your employer has to pay part of your training fee, it went against me when I started looking at 19 anyway.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/14To19/OptionsAt16/DG_4001327



To me that says if you're over 19 and have completed 1 year in your apprenticeship they have to pay you NMW for your age which in this case would be £6.08, guess I'll find out next month as I'm 21 :p
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I'm 22, so if I was to do an apprenticeship, well this specific one it says £100 a week, that's going to be hard to live on!
 
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